Proposal to Eliminate Minor League Pitching Rule Soundly Defeated

A discussion in the Mantle world chat about the minor league pitching rule that was put in place effective with season 21 led to a proposal that the rule be repealed.  The rule requires that all teams must keep healthy pitching staffs at all minor league levels.  The proposal to repeal the rule was put up to a vote, and has been soundly defeated.

Final voting results are as follows:

Yes (repeal the rule) - 8 votes (30.8%)
No (keep the existing rule in place) - 18 votes (69.2%)
No preference - 3 votes (not included)
Did not vote - 3

Results: DEFEATED - current rule to remain in place

According to Mantle world rules, this rule must remain in place for at least another three seasons, and cannot be considered for repeal again until season 36.

Season 32 Hall of Fame Voting Results

Here are the complete results for Hall of Fame voting for season 32 (last season's votes in parenthesis):

Geoffrey Blair - 14 (11)
Marino Tejera - 9 (7)
Damaso Lopez 7 (12)
John Kim - 6
Mitch Ledee -5 (8)
Todd Webster - 4 (6) 
Omar Flores - 4 (1)
Tyrone Hamilton -3 (2) 
Omar Siqueiros - 3 (2)
Dick Orosco - 3 (2)
Jim Aurilia - 2
Don Yoshii - 2 (3)
Domingo Pizzaro - 2 (3)
Roger Heath - 2 (2)
Carmine Byrd - 2
Theo Davies - 2
Giovanni Gray - 1
James Barnes - 1
Midre Bonilla - 1
Yorrick Benard - 1
Johan McInerney - 1 (2)
John Blake - 1 (1)
Dennys Franco - 1